The English pilot. [cartographic material] : The fourth book. Describing The West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly delineating The Sea Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Streights, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage, with all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands. Also, A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New- Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, Carolina. showing, The Courses and Distances from one Place to another; the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currents, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. (1775)
Thornton, John, 1641-1708, Fisher, William, fl. 1669-1691, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL · London : Printed for J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount, on Tower-Hill. · leaf 97
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